On this day the 10th January in 49 BC, Julius Caesar and his troops famously crossed the Rubicon, the river marking the boundary between the province of Cisalpine Gaul and Italy. Taking the 13th Legion over this forbidden frontier constituted an act of treason and triggered civil war in Rome. According to the historian Suetonius, Caesar uttered the famous phrase ālea iacta est (“the die is cast”).

I've seen the spot. From the paintings of Caesar you'd think he was crossing the mighty Mississippi... but no... IT A CREEK.. we have drainage ditches that are bigger.

The Roman bridge in the background was probably built by Augustus. Over the past centuries the bridge underwent various modifications and alterations.The latest reconstruction of the bridged started in the 1960s and was completed in 2005.

After crossing the Rubicon, Caesar advanced to Ariminum (modern-day Rimini), the first city outside his province. Tradition dictates that Ariminum’s forum was the scene for Julius Caesar’s famous speech to his soldiers when he uttered the words “alea jacta est”. In Rimini, a monument in Piazza Tre Martiri marks the place where Caesar allegedly addressed his troops.

So there's your quick history lesson for the day to mark the place and day 1970 ago where the "Die was Cast!"

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